Via Verde – 2013 Global Awards for Excellence Winner

About Via Verde

Via Verde was the winning entry in the New Housing New York Legacy Competition, New York City’s first juried design competition for affordable, sustainable housing. Codeveloped by Phipps Houses and Jonathan Rose Companies, Via Verde provides much-needed healthy, affordable, urban housing for residents of the South Bronx and is an important component in the revitalization of this low-income neighborhood.

Via Verde is built on a former brownfield site. Collaboratively designed by Dattner Architects and Grimshaw, Via Verde is composed of three distinct building types: a 20-story tower, a six- to 13-story mid-rise duplex apartment building, and two- to four-story townhouses organized around a central courtyard that begins at ground level and spirals up through a series of south-facing roof gardens.

This LEED Gold development has 222 apartments, including 71 workforce housing co-op units and 151 low-income rental units, and a 5,500-square-foot medical center and pharmacy on the ground floor.